A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues,
problems, and controversies facing the world's largest and most
populous continent-Asia. Asia tackles the tough issues, the complex
problems, and the political controversies surrounding the
environment of this vast landmass. This volume encompasses
everything from economics, land use, energy and transportation, to
air pollution, rivers and lakes, oceans, and species and habitat
protection. In Malaysia, unchecked discharges of industrial waste
and human sewage led the government to label 42 of its rivers
officially "dead." According to some estimates, Southeast Asia
alone accounts for more than half of the world's total transport of
sediment to the oceans. In the Philippines, the Chico River dam
project, which would have subjected 100,000 tribespeople to
relocation, was canceled when the World Bank withdrew funding after
fierce resistance from the indigenous people. This fascinating book
offers a comprehensive look at how the most populated continent on
earth contends with its complicated environment. Interesting
sidebar articles, tables and figures, and photographs Overview maps
of the continent and a listing of environment-related organizations
on the Internet
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